Parrot-stand perch

ABSTRACT

A parrot-stand perch having a horizontally arranged member providing a walking area for a parrot and a vertically arranged member disposed downwardly from and perpendicular to the horizontal member for providing a vertical climbing member for the parrot. An adjustable chain is provided depending from the central portion of the front edge of the horizontal member for increasing or decreasing the available area of movement of the parrot. The chain is adjustable by means of a clamp releasably securable to the stand shaft supporting the perch so that as the clamp is moved up or down the shaft, the length of the chain above the horizontal member is increased or decreased accordingly. A guide ring is provided directly beneath the horizontal member to guide the chain and support it so as to prevent entanglement.

tet [1 1 ates Starlller' .1 5] May 14, 1974 PARROT-STAND PERCH [76] inventor: Otto 1E. Stadler, Dufourstrasse 114,

' 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland [22] Filed: Nov. 13, 1972 [21] Appl. No.: 305,654

[30] Foreign Application Priority Data Nov. 25, 1971 Switzerland 17179/71 [52] US. Cl. 119/26, 119/51 R.

[51] Int. Cl A01k 31/12 [58] Field of Search 119/26, 106, 51 R, 51.5

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,575,101 3/1926 Edwards 119/26 2,778,335 l/l957 Hirsch ll9/lO1 Fri/nary Examiner-Hugh R. Chamblee Attorney, Agent, or Firm--Cushman, Darby Cushman [57 ABSTRACT A parrot-stand perch having a horizontally arranged member providing a walking area for a parrot and a vertically arranged member disposed downwardly from and perpendicular to the horizontal member for providing a vertical climbing member for the parrot. An adjustable chain is provided depending from the central portion of the front edge of the horizontal support it so as to prevent entanglement.

3 Claims, 10 Drawing Figures ment.

1 IPAQT-STAND PIERCH The present invention relates to a parrot-stand perch for Psittacidae which can be attached to a stand shaft.

Parrots, such as aras or cockatoos, are not normally kept in cages but shackled, by means of a foot-chain, to a so-called parrot-stand perch located on a stand shaft. Such stand perches commonly consist of a horizontally arranged walking-beam attached to a vertical stand shaft. The foot-chain may be secured to this stand shaft in a variety of manners, by way of example the principle is known of first running. it through a ring guide while the other end can be adjustably fixed to the stand shaft at any height desired. The food and drinking vessels are normally arranged on the walking-beam.

Apart from the fact that all these designs offer the parrot only few possibilities of climbing, they all display two serious disadvantages. On the one hand it is not possible to leave a parrot on such a stand over an extended period of time, e.g. for one day, alone and without supervision since the hazard exists that it may during that time become entangled in its foot-chain, for the latter will wind itself around the walking-beam or around the objects passed as the parrot continuously climbs about the said beam in the same direction, and

parrots, particularly untrained ones, normally do not.

know that they should return by the same path in order to disentangle themselves again. There arises a particular danger for the bird when it has so wound its chain about its wa'lking-beam that it hangs head down and has no possibility, owing to the small play the foot-chain allows it, to return to its upright posture on its own; such hanging will cause death in a matter of hours. Accordingly, it is not admissible to leave the parrot without supervision on such a perch.

.On the other hand, feeding on such a stand always entails the risk of being bitten by the parrot. By way of example, a parrot can readily bite through a wire 3 mm thick, and such bites particularly of untamed parrots have frequently caused serious injury.

- This invention therefore has for its object to provide a parrot-stand perch which is free from these disadvantages.

The objective was achieved by the present device which is based on years of research into the habits of parrots and which is the product of extensive develop- Accordingly the present invention relates to a parrotstand perch for Psittacidae for attachment to a stand shaft, characterized by a horizontally arranged halfplate connected with a supporting upright for connection to the shaft, and a quarter-plate located in vertical position between the supporting upright and the halfplate as well as by a ring guide arranged on the supporting upright atthe height of the half-plate for the passage of a foot-chain by means of which the parrot may be chained, free from entanglement, to an adjustable space, the foot end of the chain passing through the ring guide while its other end can be adjustably attached to the stand shaft below the ring guide.

The drawing shows an embodiment of the parrotstand perch according to this invention, and

FIGS. 1 and 2 are perspective views of the stand perch from above and from below respectively;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the upper half-plate with walking-beam and ring guide;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the vertical plate with walking-beam, ring guide and supporting upright;

FIG. 5 is aside view of the food vessel;

FIG. 6 is a view of the food vessel from below;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the food vessel from below; I

FIG. 8 is a side view of another embodiment of the food vessel;

FIG. 9 is a view of the food vessel according to FIG.

8 from below, and I FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the food vessel according to FIG. 8. v

The parrot-stand perch will now be described in greater detail with reference to FIGS. 1 through 4. The numeral 1 designates the round wooden beam. This wooden beam is fastened to the horizontal half-plate 3 by means of screws 2 and may be removed and replaced by removal of the screws 2 e.g. when worn by the parrot. All other components of the stand perch advantageously consist of a resistant material, preferably of stainless metal so as to provide a stable and durable device in view of the long life expectancy of a parrot (.100 years). I

The half-plate 3 and the quarter-plate 4 arranged below it are interconnected by the rung 5 which is common to both. Both plates 3, 4 are delimited by an annular component 31 and 41 respectively and a strut 32 and, respectively,-42. Arranged between the annular components 31 and 41 respectively, and the struts 32 and 42 respectively are parallel rungs 33 and 43 respectively which are so spaced that the parrot cannot slip between them. All connecting points of the rungs, annular components and struts are welded in the case of a metal stand. At points 6 and 7 the plates are connected to the supporting upright 8 which in its turn is inserted in the stand shaft 9. Arranged on the supporting upright 8 below point 6 is the elongated ring guide 10 for the passage of the foot-chain ll of which the lower end 'is attached to a ring 12 which can be adjusted on the stand shaft 9 by means of a screw lock. An opening 13 in the horizontal half-plate serves for the attachment of the food vessels.

The present stand perch offers the parrot excellent opportunities of climbing about, both in the horizontal and vertical planes, without creating the danger of entangling the foot-chain since the parrot is forced always to return by the path it has come. As shown in FIG. 1, the chain passes between the strut 32 and the wooden beam land, through ring guide 10, to the ring 12 which is adjusted to such a height on the shaft as will give the parrot a maximum run to the ring 31 and, respectively,

. the outermost end of the wooden beam 1.

from the half-plate from below and filled, which constitutes an advantage for two reasons:

The upper side of the half-plate on the one hand has no projecting components that might cause entanglement and, on the other, this type of attachment enables untamed birds to be fed without hazard. In addition, the adjustable ring 12 may be slipped in the downward direction on the shaft to such an extent and then fixed so as to restrict the bird s range of action. The food vessel consists of a frame 16 provided with two holes which can be inserted from above in the opening 13 in the horizontal half-plate 3 so as to fit snugly and be secured with the pivoted levers l7. Arranged in both holes in the frame 16 are the lock angles 18 by means of which the bowls can be held over their projecting edges 19. The bowls can be loosened by depressing the spring 20 in the directions of the arrow 21 and then removed by pullingin the direction of the arrow 22.

FIGS. 8 through 10 show a preferred additional embodiment ofa food vessel 50 which can be inserted in the horizontal half-plate 3 from above and in the opening 13 provided for the purpose. The numeral 51 designates the frame of which the two opposite edges 52, 53 are angularly bent to form grooves. With these'edges 52, 53 the frame 51 is suspended from the rungs 33 in the half-plate 3 at a sunken level so that projections from the upper face of the half-plate with which the chain might become entangled are eliminated. The screws 54 enable the frame to be locked to the rungs. The frame accommodates two food holes 55 underneath which the drinking and food bowls are removably attached. For the reasons precited it must be ensured that the hands will not come within the parrots reach in manipulating the bowls. The drinking and food bowls 56, 57 are therefore preferably attachable and removable from the underside of the half-plate 3. To this end, the bowls can be inserted and suspended with their edges 58 in the lock angles 55 disposed around the circumference. In the direction 60-(FlG. 9) in which they are pulled out the bowls are held not by lock angles but by wire bows 61, 62. The wire bows which are preferably formed of a stiff resilient material are attached to the holder 63 so that they can be turned and swivelled, and inserted in the frame eyelets 64. In connection with the bowls the wire bows 61, 62 inserted are somewhat elongated and the tensioning force so set up ensures safe engagement ofthe bowl edges 58 in the lock angles 59. Removal of the bowls is effected by removing the wire bows 61, 62 from the frame eyelets 64 and subsequent tilting, as shown for bowl 57 in FIG. 8.

Altogether the parrot stand perch described offers genuine advantages in that parrots may be kept without supervision and danger, and owing to the many facilities for climbing there exists every guarantee for a horizontally arranged means of plane shape provid- I ing the walking area for a parrot, said means having food containers releasably secured thereto;

a support means having a support shaft secured to said horizontal means and depending downwardly therefrom; I

a stand shaft fastened to said support shaft;

a chain having one end adapted to be secured to a parrot;

a chain guide means secured to said support shaft below said horizontal means for preventing entanglement of said chain and said perch; and

adjustable chain attachment means movably securedto said stand shaft and secured to an opposite end of said chain from said one end for allowing adjustment in the length of said chain above said chain guide means so as to increase or decrease the available area for movement of a parrot to which said chain is secured.

'2. A parrot-stand according to claim I wherein said horizontal means includes a walking'beam and rods forming a half circular member, said support means includingrods forming a vertical quarter circular member between said support shaft and said horizontal means, said rods being so arranged that a parrot cannot penetrate through said half-and quarter circular members.

3. A parrot-stand according to claim 1, wherein said food containers are releasably secured to the rest of said horizontal means by a horizontal frame inserted in said horizontal means, said frame being provided with openings surrounded by lock angles at the underside thereof, said food containers having projecting edges by means of which they may be locked under said openings in said angles so that said food containers may be removed from the underside of said horizontal means for feeding purposes. 

1. A cageless parrot-stand perch comprising: a horizontally arranged means of plane shape providing the walking area for a parrot, said means having food containers releasably secured thereto; a support means having a support shaft secured to said horizontal means and depending downwardly therefrom; a stand shaft fastened to said support shaft; a chain having one end adapted to be secured to a parrot; a chain guide means secured to said support shaft below said horizontal means for preventing entanglement of said chain and said perch; and adjustable chain attachment means movably secured to said stand shaft and secured to an opposite end of said chain from said one end for allowing adjustment in the length of said chain above said chain guide means so as to increase or decrease the available area for movement of a parrot to which said chain is secured.
 2. A parrot-stand according to claim 1 wherein said horizontal means includes a walking beam and rods forming a half circular member, said support means including rods forming a vertical quarter circular member between said support shaft and said horizontal means, said rods being so arranged that a parrot cannot penetrate through said half-and quarter circular members.
 3. A parrot-stand according to claim 1, wherein said food containers are releasably secured to the rest of said horizontal means by a horizontal frame inserted in said horizontal means, said frame being provided with openings surrounded by lock angles at the underside thereof, said food containers having projecting edges by means of which they may be locked under said openings in said angles so that said food containers may be removed from the underside of said Horizontal means for feeding purposes. 